The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-25

then 4 lively scrlmmNSc lulluNcu, III NnlCn
Harvard gained considerably, The Grim
son was playing desperately, Sears kicked
the ball within the blue twenty-livc.yard
line. Bull fumblcd il before lac could ~
cover, and was downed. The struggle
was fierce. Harvard put the ball within
five feet of touch down, hut then il was
Nale's ball. She finally managed to get
the ball out about fifteen feet. In the
scrimmagc Sears got the leather and ran
around and through the opposition. As
he crossed the line and fell ON the ball
time was called. The referee said that
the touch down came thirty seconds too
late to count Harvard team kicked and
their fellow students Kissed, but to no
avail.
The first half was over and the score
stood; Yale, IL; Harvard, ..
Meantime the crowd had increased TO
about $1,000.
When time was called for the second
half, after fifteen minutes intcrmission,
Yale had the lower goal and the wind was
with Harvard. The latter had the ball,
too, and with them il was do or die. The
rush line went forward and Sears followed.
His kick was q good one. Bull sent the
ball back TO center, and then lively
scrimmagc followed. Porter made n good
run. but moment later Wurcmbcrg had
put tho hall back third the length of the
field. Yale made foul tackle in the
next rush, and Harvard got five
yards. Stafford, Wood, Bancroft and
Boydcn then helped Harvard consid-
crbly and got the ball thrcatcningly
close TO Yalc's goal. Cumnock was
disqualified and Appleton took his
place. Gradually Harvard forced the ball
down by course to within less than foot
of lalc's line. Porter, BOyden and Wood
did most of the work, the latter ploughng
along on his stomach for ten wards through
a maze OF legs. Yale rallied, and drove
the ball away. Then Porter made an adj
vance of ten yards, and Harvard got five
yards for foul tackle. Back Vale drove
the ball again. Bcecher got "olT side" and
Harvard reapcd five yards on il. Graves
lumblcd the ball. and II was stopped 10y
Bull about five inches inside the line. By
desperate fighting Yale sent the ball out
side, fifteen yards away from the line. II
was brought in twenty-five feet In the
scrimmage Porter got the ball and had an
excellent show for run that must have
yielded a touch down, but he slipped and
lcll. Corbin kicked the ball, but it re-
bounded, and Graves was compelled to
make touch down for safety.
Score Yale, IL; Harvard, 2.
The next scrimmagc resulted in Bull
| kicking the ball 20 right center. Yale fol-
lowed, with excellent rushing 10y Wallace.
! Woodruff and Crnss, witch ended in Bull
kicking 10 llarNard's twenty-five yard
| line. Sears then gave ont, and SAKE took
his place. Bull got In What would have
been good kick had the hall not struck
| Markie's chest and bounded back past
| Bull. Harvard made u grand rush then.
and Porter, getting the bali, carried il To
I within fifteen yards oi Yale. His running
and dodging were feature Oi the game.
/ The fight WIS hotter than ever. Porter
| got the ball, and, though be carried Il
across the field, lac could get no nearer a
touch down. lie Went through the next
scrimmagc, however, and secured the
crimsOn's iirst touch down. SAKE kicked
goal and then the score stood: Yale, IL;
Harvard, $; with sixteen pinutcs 10 play
As soon rs the ball waN again in place
Woodruff carried il ten yards forward.
Both sides wec PLAYING Ia win, and
Harvard intended 10 got the deciding
touch down ut all hazapls. Yale must
! prevent IL, or lose what had looked a sur,
/ victory Yale forced the ball mp steadily.
/ until blue legged player ran around III
| with the ball. IL was Graves, aud hc WIS
| not downcd until he reached llaryari's
/ twenty-five yard line. liul then got the
! hall from pass from Bccchcr aud carried
! Il Ia within five Yards of the crimson \
line. Harvard was desperate, aud all
rushing together put back tho leather q
/ couple ol feet. Yale sent II back. So II
! swnycd for few moments. Then Yale
/ foul tackled, aud Harvard rot five yards,
which were much needed then. They
soon were increased 10 twenty by the
clever work II Porter. On plr-, SAKE, hy
a good kick, sent the ball Ia center.
but Murlcmbcrg got under h aud
had nearly reached the line when hp was
downed II WIS Bulls ball. and again be-
got IL, this time from lbechcr. lr,dring In
ana out, squirming aud running alternate
". lac got across tn line vi the iir lrit
hand corner aud secured touch down.
Then the crowd swarmed al over thc field
IN the widest excitement, sweeping fences
! and ropes before them. ID WAS with the
greatest difficulty hat the excited mrn
could be- gotten back Then the ball was
brought out. II WIS long and difficult
cross kick, and not one in twenty believed
that Bull coulddo IT, lIewc at Il calmly,
however, sighted the ball and then drove
IL between the posts and over the bar.
Final score Yale, II; Harvard y
Before the ball could bc put IN play
agin, time WIS called AMI Yale had Won
the championship. Tho scene that fol.
lowed bcggus description, but Il was
brought 10 close by the victorious players
being borne of the field by their fellow
wcarcn Of the blue. Yale has adopted
lIaryard's colur for toni ht aud is putting
crimson all over the city.
wesleyan Defeats rcnnsyi,snis.